Yes, my camera was on a tripod all day. I should have switched to monopod when out walking. I hadn't really looked closely at the EXIF, but it would be instructive to do. With twitchy little birds I really need to crank that shutter speed/ISO up higher - then I could be sure of what was out of focus vs what was motion blur. 1/250 is about as low as I'd want to go and expect to get anything at all.
On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > Come on, Darren. That's not bad at all & actually a pleasing composition. I > would be quite pleased to get a shot like that with my humble equipment. > Presumably you used a tripod at 500mm 1/250sec? > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: Darren Addy > Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 4:38 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO: Beside the Platte River > > Still looking for decent images from the myriad I took the day I was > birding with my sister a few weeks ago. I always knew that birds were > challenging subjects, but I certainly have a greater appreciation for > those that capture them after seeing what an incredibly high > percentage of reject images I got from that day. The whole experience > even has me eyeing those 256GB SD cards. I really only got a meager > handful of images that I would want to show anybody and most of them > are quite ordinary. > > This is certainly an ordinary bird and a pretty ordinary shot, but at > least it made it into the small pile that I care to show anyone. It is > a vertical crop from a horizontal image taken with the K-3 and the old > Sigma EX 50-500mm f4-6.3 APO DG. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/22777551706/in/dateposted-public/ > > Comments and criticism welcome in equal measure. > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
